The Kano State Government has reaffirmed its commitment towards eradicating drug abuse and other vices.
The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, stated this when she visited Karaye Emirate Council.
Muhammad-Umar said the state government has set modalities in place to ensure that all forms of societal vices become history.
The commissioner also sought the support of the Karaye Emirate Council in the fight against drug abuse and called on philanthropists and other stakeholders in the state to assist in taking drug abuse victims to the Kiru Reformatory Centre, in order to rehabilitate them and reduce the effect of drug abuse which encourages criminal activities in the society.
Muhammad-Umar commended Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, for rehabilitating the Kiru Reformatory Centre.
She further explained that the mission of Rehabilitating Karaye Women centers was to eradicate poverty from the grass root.
In his remark, the Emir of Karaye, Ibrahim Abubakar II, commended the state government’s effort in the fight against drug abuse, adding that the Kiru Reformatory Centre was committed to promoting good morals among drug abusers.
